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BSOD¹

noun BSODs · blue screen

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of blue screen of death
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of black screen of death

verb BSODs · BSODing · BSODed · BSOD'd

  1. of a computer system To fail critically and display a blue screen of death.
  2. informal To emotionally shut down, such as in response to a traumatic personal crisis.

BSoD²

noun BSoDs

  1. alternative Alternative form of BSOD

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noun blue screen of death, black screen of death

日本語BSOD (bīesuōdī)
RomânăBSOD

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@misc{bsod_2026,
  title = {BSOD},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bsod},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}